My New Windows XP VM

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My New Windows XP VM

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I'll customize & experiment with it later.
I was originally gonna go with Windows 7, but then I remembered? found out? rediscovered? that you need 100 gb of storage to use the aero themes. I'd be okay with it if it was on my physical machine, but for a virtual machine, it'd just take up space. Plus I'm already able to have aero glass, frosted glass & widgets in my KDE Plasma Debian Virtual Machine on 20 gb of storage. Hell, I'm able to have aero glass with XFCE on my physical machine. So there was less of a need.
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I also started using "gnome boxes" for my virtual machines. I found that it autodetects the minimum hardware requirements for you & has a small but useful directory of free linux operating systems, which makes the process easier for me. It's kinda ugly though like most gnome apps in my opinion.
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Re: My New Windows XP VM

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Update:
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I decided to go with a chromecore wallpaper and the silver theme. Since they didn't have my fav XP theme, Zune, at the minimum hardware requirements and the website for downloading new themes is now defunct.
Sorry for the black bar at the top, gnome boxes has trouble adjusting the resolution for some reason.
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Re: My New Windows XP VM

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awesome! what do you plan to use the VM for?
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Re: My New Windows XP VM

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i actually decided to delete my vms because they were taking up space
but i figured it might help for office work if i land a job
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